Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Kaleidoscope

I know I’m like the boy who cried wolf here…but this is hands down my favorite quilt to date. This quilt is very "me". I was a little sick of doing quilts with squares squares and more squares, so this was a nice way to change it up. The quilt blocks are made using pattern pieces, but the blocks go to together surprisingly easy and it’s a nice way to dip your toes into template patterns if you haven’t yet.

The circles are appliqued on…I used invisible thread, which is a lot like sewing with fishing line if you’ve never used it. The pattern includes a crib size also…I’ll show you that one after I get better pics. I quilted it with brown thread to match the background triangles and avoided quilting the circles….it gives them kind of a 3D effect in real life.

56 comments:

I love this quilt! I would love to make it. I love that brown you used so thanks for pointing out which brown it is. I also love the quilting, and the way those circle pop off the quilt. What a cool project! It really deserves to be your fav!

When we were in Cancun a vendor said, "Lady,are you trying to Key..ill me?" I'm thinking the same thing about both of these new patterns and the beautiful little stacks okay...big stacks of fabric SITTING next to my sewing machine!!!

i LOVE this quilt...TOTALLY my style too. Hugs to you and yours. Hope you are doing well.I'll have to try my hand at this one once school slows down a bit. I just finished piecing an Ohio star quilt before my semester begins.L